Sure, you can play minor pentatonic over the Blues all day and probably almost get away with it in a live setting. But if you want to play like the greats, you've gotta learn their licks! In this video you will learn two signature Blues licks that almost every player knows, that you can play over any sort of dominant or major slow blues progression.
Trapping a hole is the process by which you give them threads so that they can accommodate a screw, and doing it to a lot of holes quickly can be a major pain. Fortunately, you can actually do it with a cordless power drill much more quickly and easily than manually. This video will show you how to do it.
In this clip, you'll learn how to incorporate movable M7th chords into your ukulele playing. If you want to get really good at playing the ukulele, it stands to reason that you'll need to practice. Happily, the Internet is awash in high-quality video lessons like this one from the folks at Ukulele Underground. For more information, including a step-by-step overview, watch this free video ukulele tutorial.
There are certain days in life on which you are practically required by law to look your best: Your wedding, major holidays when portraits are being taken, and your birthdays.
Ask any major artist in any time period about the beauty of the female form, and we bet they could go on talking forever. Idealized and revered for as long as time itself (remember the Venus fo Willendorf?), female bodies and their lithe, undulating curves make for great painting subjects and have definitely gotten a good deal of male students interested in art.
Taking the negative of an image in photography brings out its major contours and creates a powerful graphic contrast between white and black. The same sort of effect happens when you construct a card using only the "negatives" and no other colors.
Here in civilization, any sign of a cold can be instantly erased with a trip to the doctor and the right medicine, but when you're stuck out in the wild without any pre-packed meds, you're in major trouble.
If you're one of the many people who work with Macs and PCs, the odds are you work with file formats that are more often than not incompatible with the other computers. This can be a major problem if you run into it with your Word documents. This tutorial will show you how to open Word docs on either computer.
Who likes Pizza!?! Well, a pizza wouldn't be a pizza without the dough. It's the major piece of the pizza pie puzzle. Learn close-up how to make pizza dough from scratch with this video recipe tutorial. This Susan's Cooking School video demonstrates each step in the process of making a versatile yeast dough.
The purpose of this video is to show an e-mail security flaw using telnet that allows hackers to send e-mails using anyone's e-mail address. Thankfully, many major e-mail providers have software that blocks this. My intention is to make people aware of this flaw so that other e-mail providers can protect themselves as well.
Like other minor chords, this one should be a piece of cake if you know your major chords! Here we will learn the E7 chord, with Charles Sedlak. Yes, that's right - the E7 chord. If your fingers are bleeding from those strings, good. Calluses help.
You can see many of the elements of the major chords in the C7 chord. Here we will learn this chord, and here we will become rock gods, with help from Charles Sedlak, that is. It does take time and patience though.
This two part tutorial is a walkthrough in Machinarium, showing you how to successfully complete the prison level. Your little robot has been captured by his black hatted enemies, and must now figure out a way to break free so he can save the city!
In this tutorial, we learn how to add a footnote to a research paper. To do this, you will need to have all the sources written down where you got the information for the topics that you're writing about. Make sure you give credit to all the places that you go the information, or else you stole it and it's plagiarized. You will need to write down the author's name, title of the source, publication company, city of publication, copy date, and page number. To add the footnote, you will simply w...
Comfort food is delicious at any hour of the day. And there's no comfort food more savory and tangy than BBQ. BBQ ribs, pork, chicken - frankly, we love it all, but these Fat Man's BBQ ribs are so delicious they're sure to find their way into your regular dinner rotation.
In this video, we learn how to do Wizard of Oz Inspired Makeup for MakeupbyTiffanyD's Co. When you are making this design, you will draw the emerald city on your right eye and then green hill around it. From there, you will draw the yellow brick road going down from your eye to the bottom of your face. The green will mimic the Wicked Witch as well. Your lips will be ruby red for Dorothy's red shoes and then create a rainbow on the other side of the face. Just apply mascara to the other side o...
Spidey finally finds the location of where Scorpion was planning on taking his fragment, a high tech building in the city. And to his surprise, he finally finds the mastermind behind the whole plot: Doctor Octopus, or Doc Ock, or Sa- oh who cares what her real name is? She's gone mad with delusions of power thanks to her discoveries with the shard and she's planning to the take over the world (craaaaaaazzzzyyyyyyy). In this video you will get a full walkthrough for chapter 11 of Spider-Man: S...
Have you always secretly harbored a love for urban design or architecture but your parents made it clear to you that they would only financially support you through school if you studied pharmacy? We know your situation sucks, but just because you can't get a degree in urban planning doesn't mean you can't sketch out designs of beautiful cities.
New York's Magnolia Bakery has gotten so famous over the years for its creamy, fluffy cupcakes and pastries that it's been featured on numerous television shows, including "Sex and the City." As well known in New York as Sprinkles is in L.A., Magnolia Bakery is popular because it starts with the highest quality ingredients and boasts some kick-ass recipes.
if you love playing games that take place in the not tood distant future, Metro 2033 might be for you. In this game you'll be going up against others who are trying to survive in a harsh world filled with traps, poisonous skies, and mutant monters.
Having bugs in your yard can either be a good thing or bad. There are some bugs that can promote healthy growth, while others destroy your beautiful plants and can be a burden on you and your yard. So it's important to know which is which and how to take care of them properly.
You may think that you only need to seed your lawn once, but you're mistaken. Even when your grass is lush and green, you can still apply seeds all over your yard to promote healthy growth and new grass to grow. It's a task that many people use on their yard and the results are always positive.
If you're looking for a great way to get the proper nutrients to your yard, you're about to find out. Aerating a yard is an easy task that involves you placing holes in your yard on purpose. This may make your yard look a bit ugly, but it helps with getting the proper nutrients and oxygen into the ground.
If you're wondering if your home is energy efficient, there is an easy way to check. For some cities in the U.S., you can actually call people to come over to your house and test the efficiency of your home. It's a great way to tell if you're saving energy and what you need to work on.
Bandanas can be a fun fashion accessory and can be used in so many ways. Don't think you can pull off this look? Well, think again! In this video, you will receive expert advice from costume designer and stylist, Cate Adair. Cate has been Emmy nominated for the smash hit ABC series, "Desperate Housewives" and has worked in numerous countries and cities around the world. If anyone knows style, it's Cate and she is here to help you!
If you feel like your muscles are starting to sag and weaken, check out this tutorial. In this video, professional fitness trainer, Kathy Kaehler, will show you how to perform some simple strength training exercises that will make a big difference for your body. These exercises are quick and easy and will even fit into the schedules of working or busy moms. Kathy trains many celebrities and appears as fitness correcspondent on the Today Show in New York City. Follow along with her as she demo...
If you are learning how to ride a horse, one of the most important things you'll need is the ability to use a saddle. In this tutorial, you will learn how to saddle up Western style and start riding like a real cowboy. This video is hosted by Jeremy, the wrangler at Vickers Dude Ranch in Lake City, Colorado, provides simple instructions on how to properly ride a horse and enjoy it. You will learn how to attach the saddle, jump up and finally how to ride properly.
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to rent bikes in Europe. The cost to rent a bike is about $15 and the cost decreases per day the longer you rent it. Bikes can easily be rented in towns in small rental shops. Europe has many bike paths with signs for tourists to travel along without any traffic. To find these paths, users should get information from the tourist information centers or bike rental shops. This video will benefit those viewers who will be visiting Europe and would like t...
PeteMcCormack2 teaches viewers how they can live off the grid! First, you will need shelter, heat and water! And possibly some electricity. You need head so you can use a high efficiency wood stove. You always need to have water so you can use a well or a water pump. Also, for a pump you will need power, you can use solar power for this! You can also use a pressure tank. This way of life does not necessarily cost much and with self installation it will lower the cost also. All you have to do ...
In this brief instructional video sponsored by River City Graphics, the host teaches you how to use the Whack-em Bamboo drawing tablet with Adobe Photoshop software. He begins by showing you how to change your pen's pressure, allowing you to get a thicker or thinner line depending on how how you push down on your pen. He also shows you how to change the color and make your pen give your project a beautiful color gradation, also depending on the pressure you apply to your pen. This video is ve...
To some, graffiti is an art form that can only be expressed on the streets to share with everyone around there. To others, it's nothing more than a stupid way to deface property and cause the city to spend thousands of dollars to clean up. Either way, it take a certain skill set to come up with some great looking graffiti. This tutorial will give those aspiring taggers or artists an idea of how to draw the alphabet graffiti style. Enjoy!
Skype is a great program to have on your computer for a number of reasons. The main one being you can contact any friend or family member from outside your city, state, or even country with just a push of a button. This easy to use program is also perfect for those who love video chatting with loved ones. So sit back and enjoy this tutorial on how to install Skype to you computer. Enjoy!
River City Graphix Tutorials demonstrates how to make a reflection in Photoshop. First, fill the background layer with black. Then, select the text tool and a color of your choosing. Type the words that you would like to reflect. Next, duplicate the layer to make a copy of the layer. Hold shift and bring it down, setting it on the bottom of the other layer. Select the rectangular marquee tool, right click to get the free transform tool. Right click again and then flip the image vertically. Se...
There's nothing greater than being in the outdoors and away from all the hustle and bustle of the city. Of course that doesn't mean you should be without basic necesseities. In this two part tutorial find out how to make a sitting stool used for camping. Enjoy!
The tank man tango is a dance choreographed to commemorate the massacre at Tiananment Square. All you need to do it is a couple of bags and your dance skills. Let the instructions in this video do the rest for you.
River City Graphix is back with a new video on how to make a custom cursor with a cool animation using Flash CS3. The video does start off briefly talking about subscriptions and blah, blah, blah so if you wanna get straight down to business the video really starts at 00:22 seconds. Enjoy!
Aaron Gallagher teaches you how to play the song Fireflies. He starts off by telling the audience that if you have a standard tuning for your guitar you need to play your chords at a different place that he does. He has his capo on the 4th fret, but everyone else should have theirs on the 3rd fret. He found a chord online and felt that he could teach people how to play from that. He explains that the whole first verse is basically a G to E. He shows how to strum the guitar to create the right...
This video describes the "green screen" process in iMovie. The shirtless presenter has setup a green screen in his home along with several lights to provide realistic lighting. The presenter then places the object, in this case a porcelain troll, in front of the green screen. The background scene in this instance is a busy downtown area. By watching the background video while filming the green screen footage, the presenter is able to position the troll so it appears to be interacting with the...
Poppy Tooker, author of the Crescent City Farmers Market Cookbook, says that the secret to preventing slimy okra is to slice it thinly and cook it in quick batches in very hot oil. Prepare your okra first by slicing it into thin pieces. Prepare a large frying pan with just a fine coating of oil. Put the frying pan on a stove and turn up the temperature so that the pan is hot. Once the pan is at the desired temperature, add your thinly sliced okra. Once the okra has a brown edge, you can stop ...
Emerald City Elegance Paper Crafting with Joann is really very interesting to watch. It takes us through the process of making a beautiful paper cup mini album. It explains us to properly cut the edges of the paper cup, to stick first the color page in the folded paper cup, making ready the plain album pages and punching it altogether. Finally embellishments are also done to add beauty to the mini album. Now the album is ready. After watching this video, any viewer develops the art of creativ...
